Michael Tulloch wrote:
>
> 1. Get the lizard on there. This is an easy way to build
> mind share even among folks who don't care about mozilla.
> People who don't like Coke know what it is, and that's
> also a big role of the front page -- brand identification.
I'm not going near that lizard. It's too explosive. :)
Also, I don't have skill necessary for creating a lizard
logo. I just barely managed to make transparent PNG.
> 2. A Community section, with links to "who Uses Mozilla?"
> (along the lines of what Apple does in its weekly emails),
> Mozilla Galleries, and Join.
I'll look into that.
> 3. The "Who uses Mozilla" could go to a listing of other
> companies and products that use Moz. That helps to
> overcome the skepticism of the outside world --- sure
> we've got some some killer code and a great poduct, but
> Who Else is using this thing? Success stories also help.
> The viewer/developer./tech writer/grfx person wants to
> be part of a living, growing community and example of
> others making it or the neat things they can do all
> encourage them, which leads to the next point.
>
> 4. The Galleries would be a section like Macromedia's
> Shockwave gallery, but even better. Tag line would be
> something like, "Look at what you can do and still be
> standards-compliant!" Here, you scould show what people
> have done using all the neat features of Moz.
These are good ideas, but IMO they should go under About.
> 5. Direction. I think we can show some neat stuff off
> on the front page that degrades nicely in browsers that
> are not standards compliant (although we should have a
> little tag line that says as much). This again gives
> people a further incentive to go and get the browser
> without being obnoxious about it. Something like
> "You're not seeing the whole story! Go get Moz today.."
> etc. Obviously I'm not an ad man, but you get the
> general idea.
Always thought alternate styles were a neat feature myself.
What exactly did you have in mind?
> 6. Color usage. In the modern skin, the color usage is
> kewl, because it plays off of the other elements of the
> skin. That won't always be the case if the user sets his
> or her own skin, so a neutral color scheme (greens/
> browns/greys) is probably better.
Change the stylesheet. Do you want me to write a grayscale
one as well?
